Stopper and brush for receptacles.



PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

B. G. VOLGBR. v STOPPER AND BRUSH FOR RBGEPTAGLES.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.11.1B07.

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BERNARD G. VOLGER, OF PASSAIO, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO B. G. VOLGERl\IANUFAO- TURING COMPANY, INO., OF PASSAIO, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATIONOF NEW JERSEY.

STOPPER AND BRUSH FOR REOEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 11, 1907, Serial No. 396.899.

No. 878,437. Patented Feb. 4;, 1908.

T 0 all whom 'it may concern: Be it known that I, BERNARD G. VOLGER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Passaic, in the county ofPassaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stopper and Brush for Receptacles; and I do herebydellexible material and integral with the stopper portion, and on top ofthe shield and integral with it and the stopper, is a finger piece 14which can be made of any configuration, but is preferably made flat, asshown in Fig. 2, so that it gives a good grip for the lingers and at thesame time allows the fingers to pass in considerably from the edge ofthe shield so that there is no liability of the fingers coming incontact with the neck of the bottle.

The stopper is provided with a recess '15, opening in from the bottom,which holds, by its own elasticity, a tube 16 provided on its end with abrush 17. This brush tube is made, as usual, of tin or similar material,and is slid into the recess 15 and is held tightest, when the stopper isin place, by reason of the contraction of the stopper when it is forcedinto the neck of the bottle.

The novelties of this invention are first its shape, and second, thematerial of which it is made, this material being of a resilient andnon-porous character, preferably soft rubber.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A bottle stopper made of one piece of resilient non-porous substance,comprising a stopper portion having a downwardly opening recess for thereception of a brush tube, an annular shield at the top of the stopper,and a flattened linger piece having its broad sides slightly taperedtogether toward the top and the ends thereof widened out toward theshield, so that the cross-sectional area of the finger-piece increasestoward the shield.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 10th day of October 1907.

BERNARD G. VOLGER.

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 7

This invention is a combined bottle-stopper and brush holder, and isdesigned to provide a device of this kind that is resilient and holdsthe tube of the brush in the stopper by its own elasticity, and also toprovide a linger piece of a conformation that permits the lingers toretreat considerably from the edges of a shield so that there is noliability of getting paste or ink, or similar substance, on the fingers.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a section of a bottle showing the new stopper in elevation,and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the stopper. Fig. 3 is a section of thestopper taken transversely on Fig. 2.

Any usual form of bottle 10 is adapted for use with this stopper, and isprovided at its top with a neck 11. In the neck 11 its the stopper 12which is preferably made of rubber or similar substance of a non-porousna ture and having elastic qualities. This kind of material is desiredbecause such 'lluids as inks for stamp pads, and similar materials, willsoak up through a cork or similar stop- Vitnesses:

E. A. PELL, WM. H. OAMFIELD.

some of the ingredients, particularly glycerin. On the top of thestopper 11 and integral therewith is an annular shield 13 made of

